The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Hearing this, Emperor Jingping felt like a duck with its neck strangled.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

It seemed that he didn't expect that he made such a big fuss not to take his own life, but just for this matter.

But in the next moment, Emperor Jingping suddenly became nervous again. Judging from his behavior, he must have found some so-called "evidence", otherwise he would not have done something that seemed like forcing the emperor to abdicate.

...So what does Xie Lang want to do by bringing up the old matter?

The tense atmosphere that had just filled the hall suddenly seemed to cool down in an instant, and no one said a word.

Xie Lang didn't miss any of the changing expressions on his face.

Seeing this, Xie Lang just sneered.

"It seems that Your Majesty should have guessed the purpose of my visit. If so, I will not waste my words. I believe Your Majesty should know better than me what happened at the border ten years ago."

He raised the memorial in his hand and handed it forward.

"This is what I have investigated over the years. I know that Your Majesty knows what is written in it even if you don't read it, but I want Your Majesty to see it with your own eyes."

Emperor Jingping pursed his lips and stared at the memorial.

Zhang Yao rebuked: "Xie Lang, watch your attitude towards His Majesty. This is not the tone you should use when speaking to His Majesty!"

He frowned and just as he tried to move, the dagger cut his neck.

Immediately, drops of blood appeared and slid down the side of his neck into his chest.

"Shh, shut up, it's not time for you to speak yet."

Xie Lang's voice was surprisingly cold.

After a moment, Liu Shen took the initiative to step forward and took the memorial from his hand. He walked in small steps to the front of Emperor Jingping and presented it with both hands. However, Emperor Jingping waved his hand and knocked it to the ground.

"What happened ten years ago was already decided back then!"

He stared at Xie Lang intently, his chest heaving, and he gasped with difficulty: "If you think there is something else behind the incident involving Prince Dingyuan, you can come to me and I will allow you to look through the files of the Ministry of Justice..."

"Do you know that you are committing a heinous act?"

"Treason?"

Xie Lang raised his eyebrows, his expression becoming even colder: "What is written in the Ministry of Justice's files is not what your Majesty wants?"

He sneered and said, "It seems that Your Majesty does understand why I am here this time. I only want to ask Your Majesty one question, what was the reason why my father led the army to ambush the barbarians back then?"

Emperor Jingping clutched the bright yellow bed sheet tightly, his eyes darkening.

Zhang Yao listened to the two people talking back and forth, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but when he heard the mention of King Dingyuan, his eyes flickered slightly, and a trace of confusion and enlightenment inexplicably arose in his heart at the same time.

What is puzzling is that Xie Lang said he came for the death of the crown prince, but the person he mentioned was Prince Dingyuan.

What I realized was that he came here because of what happened to King Dingyuan back then.

For some younger generations, what happened ten years ago may have already been forgotten.

But for Zhang Yao, he always remembered it clearly: the Xie family had been guarding the border for generations, but in the end, the previous King Dingyuan, Xie Nandai, was demoted and died on the battlefield.

Even... because of his failure to protect the prince, his throne was almost taken away from him.

The war against the barbarians that year was the most brutal war in recent years.

Moreover, it was not difficult to tell that Xie Lang came here to complain.

In that case... Zhang Yao pursed his lips and looked up at the weak emperor lying on the bed.

The angrier Emperor Jingping was, the calmer he looked: "Ten years ago, the barbarians invaded our borders. Xie Nandai, who was still the King of Dingyuan, was not able to defend the border properly, allowing the barbarians to rob several cities in Dajin and we were defeated!"

"I asked the Crown Prince to lead the army on my behalf, but he died on the front line... cough cough!"

Emperor Jingping started coughing violently, his pale face turned a little red from choking, his eyes were full of fatigue but he still forced himself to stare at the young man in front of him.

Xie Lang looked down at him condescendingly.

However, when meeting his deep eyes that seemed to understand something, Emperor Jingping seemed to see Prince Dingyuan in him, and also seemed to see his deceased eldest son. They were looking at him.

Xie Lang stared at him for a long time, and after making sure that he had no intention of admitting it at all, he sneered.

"Is the Crown Prince's death really that simple, Your Majesty?"

At that moment, Emperor Jingping felt a chill on his back.

·

When Xue Mingyue and others arrived, they just heard these words.

She stopped and turned to look at Queen Lu.

Queen Lu lowered her eyes slightly and could not see the expression of Emperor Jingping on the dragon bed. From this angle, she could only see Xie Lang's particularly sarcastic face. She slowly clenched her fingers.

At this moment they were located at the diagonal back of the hall.

That is, on the side of the bright yellow dragon bed, standing behind a screen, in addition to Aunt Jiang, they came in with Liu Baoquan, who was called by them to lead the way.

The moment he saw the situation inside, Liu Baoquan's face turned pale.

If he hadn't seen his godfather and master Liu Shen standing there, he might have fallen to his knees as soon as he entered the hall. His face was full of bitterness, it would be better if his godfather wasn't there!

It seems that godfather is not on your Majesty's side at all!

·

"Since Your Majesty is unwilling to speak, let me speak for you."

After a moment's silence, Xie Lang's cold voice sounded again.

His eyes flickered across the screen, and he continued, "Before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived in Suzhou, King Dingyuan had already stabilized the war situation and was in a stalemate with the barbarians."

"but……"

Emperor Jingping's eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he subconsciously interrupted, "Enough!"

“But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to Suzhou with not only the troops transferred from various states for support, but also the military supplies sent from the capital to Suzhou, as well as assassins who were prepared to injure the Crown Prince.” Xie Lang said.

These words shocked everyone in the bedroom.

Even though she had seen this on paper yesterday, Queen Lu still felt a pain in her heart at this moment.

Xie Lang looked at him coldly, "Besides that, there are also eunuchs sent by His Majesty who are carrying poison." The corners of his mouth twitched, "In order to find a chance to poison Prince Dingyuan."

"...Nonsense!"

Emperor Jingping raised his head suddenly and shouted hoarsely: "Come here, come here, quickly capture this traitor for me!"

Zhang Yao was stunned and murmured, "Poison?"

Qianji Poison is a secret of the royal family, and not many people know about it nowadays.

However, Zhang Yao got the position of the commander of the Imperial Guard by virtue of his own strength and clean family background, so he naturally knew what the so-called Qianji poison was.

...Your Majesty, do you want to poison Prince Dingyuan?

Xie Lang sneered, "The opportunity the eunuch found to poison Prince Dingyuan was when he fell into an ambush. But wasn't this ambush the deal that Your Majesty had reached with the barbarians?"